So folks any of you have one of these puppyes? I should be getting mine any day now and will try to post a full review.
It comes with android 2.2.1 and runs on the 2.6.35 kernel.
I'm curious of other peoples impressions on tablets using this cpu.
And also I seem to find them listed as PXA166 ( which isn't mentioned on the Maxwell website or any other data base) or as Armada 166 (which does exist on their site), so which one is it actually running?
Any info on them would be greatly appreciated.

Got to play with one in a shop. Seemed quite snappy and had all google apps on it. Also I use gps quite alot so it's a must have. Plus it comes from a local big retailer under some local brand with lifetime warranty.
The choice was between one of these and a Rockchip 2818 ( cheaper but lacked gps and no gapps).

Nice bit was also the 2.6.35 kernel. Would make porting 2.3 easyer but in the same time don't wanna loose warranty.
Was 220 usd without stupid customs tax.
Also for the gps use it came with car holder and car charger. Shove Igo on it and it's ready to go.

Edit. I knew they performed not so good with 1.6 but the 2.2.1 version didn't seem bad at all.

220USD is a little steep for that thing in my opinion. I would have thought it would be cheaper than the Flytouch II with GPS at least (around 175USD local), which is ARM11 and does 1080p (at least on paper). Android 2.2 does not mean as much for devices like this. Android 2.3 though would be a significant upgrade.

I haven't recieve mine yet but when I do I'll give it a proper review.
Yah it does come with all google apps.
As soon as I root this thing and get some way of flashing it working I'll start porting android 2.3.

Astonishing that it took them months and have really gotten very little traction with this nifty device.

When I first saw this back on shanzhaiben in August this year, I was not aware of the GPS functionality. The article actually calls it an HTC phone clone. They tested 720p playback, which does not evidently work with this chipset anyways. But seeing that Youtube works in a respectable manner, I think this thing is going to do just fine. This is one of the only devices where they managed to get all the buttons right. I liked the concept back when I saw it, especially when the market was being flooded with 3 button 7" iPad clones.

I would really like to know if this will be (or is already) adopted for any foreign markets to be sold locally, because that is when a shanzhai device really can start to blossom.

·Wi-Fi/3G, wireless Internet access
Built-in wifi capabilities, whether offices, hotels, cafes or airports, as long as there are places where wireless Internet hotspot for free internet access at any time, open the computer can surf the web, stock, office, wireless office to do the real Internet to achieve the ultra-portable features.

Finally got the tablet and have been playing with it. Got it rooted; updated the g-app except market, getting FC with 2.2.6 or 2.2.7; enabled jit which is running without any troubles; added the gingerbread keyboard.
I'm stuck now at getting the calendar app and the new market to work.

The cpu is listed as marvell pxa 168 and not 166 as is stated by the maker ( Marvell Mohawk rev 0 (v5l)), bogoMips 796.26 .

I'm going to continue tweaking it and probably gonna make some custom rom for it.
So any other users out there of this MID ?

Specs/Mini review, kinda sorta .. :
Marvell pxa 168 800 mhz ;
247 mb ram out of which I get 50 mb free after I kill all apps ;
262.94 mb internal memory which will be used for installing apps and around 1600 mb for whatever other purpose you want ;
Runs Android 2.2.1 FRG83 , kernel 2.6.34 ;
Screen resolution 480x800 7 inches , bright with good viewing angles ;
Front facing cam 0.3 mega pixels of doubtful quality to say the least ;
The touchscreen is quite precise as long as u do the calibration with a pen ;
Can't really say much about battery life yet ;
Doesn't get hot under use ;
Fells heavy and well built, makes you think it would survive a fall but I'm sure it wouldn't. The plastic has a rubbery feel to it ;
Having all the android hardware buttons does help with navigation ;
Gps works well with g-maps 5. Can see the new 3d buildings but have no idea how to rotate the view without multi-touch ;
Till now all the apps that didn't work from the market were the ones requiring a gpu and of course no adobe flash 10.1, dough I am hopping for some flash lite love ;
Really annoying proprietary cable which is used for charging and usb ;
The accelerometer is quite snappy ;
Will run 480p video without problems but I haven't tried yet anything higher ;
I will continue to add to this here grocery list as impresions acumulate and change .

Personal note: The punctuate android mascot vent thing on the back of the tablet is freaking cool .
Also has the worst battery discharging sound I ever heard, sounds like a goose in heat or something.

Benchmark scores using Benchmark benchmarking app for benchmarking :
Tablet died before I can post them so they are coming after the break.

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